Hero Cult

Famous quotes containing the words hero and/or cult:

    The hero is commonly the simplest and obscurest of men.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    Look at this poet William Carlos Williams: he is primitive and native, and his roots are in raw forest and violent places; he is word-sick and place-crazy. He admires strength, but for what? Violence! This is the cult of the frontier mind.
    Edward Dahlberg (1900–1977)